"Trees"

Trees 

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

Indeed. 

Trees represent age and beauty and the miracles of life and growth. Thus, I end this series with Joyce Kilmer's classic lyric poem Trees. I used to sing it in my elementary school class.

Dog wood In Spring.
Photo: VEV, Columbus: 2022

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

Maple Ash in Summer. Photo: ATV, Columbus: 2022

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Dogwood In Winter. Photo: VEV, Columbus: 2022

Apple Picking In The Fall. Photos: ITV, Lynd Fruit Farm, Columbus: 2022

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.